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Firefighters help woman in labor, dig husband out of snowbank

They called an ambulance to take her to the hospital and helped dig the man out of the snow so he could get there as well

WCVB.com

CHELSEA, Mass. — Chelsea firefighters came to the rescue of a woman in labor trying to get to the hospital early Sunday morning when her husband’s car got stuck in a snowbank.

Crews responded to reports of a car crash at Revere Beach Parkway and Union Street at around 2:15 a.m. Sunday. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they realized the man had hit a snowbank while driving his wife, who was in labor, to the hospital and the car had become stuck.

“When we got there it ended up being a pregnant female and the husband was there saying she was in active labor and needed to get to the hospital,” said Chelsea Acting Fire Lieutenant Antonio Salvucci.

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